Match Day Partnered Employers Special
We are running an exclusive special for Match Day for our Partnered Employers from March 1st-31st. Those who are renting an apartment and work for one of our partnered employers will receive:
  • One year free parking (*for specific properties), waived admin fee, gift card to BKSQ
  • Those without a car, receive a waived admin fee, gift card to BKSQ, and one month free rent
These specials are also applicable to those who request to be a partnered employer and get signed on as a partner in the month of March. Visit our partnered employers page to have them added!

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Emma Perelman

Emma Perelman
Emma recently graduated from Emory University in May 2020 with a BA in Sociology and Media Studies. She was also a recruited NCAA varsity player at Emory, after playing competitive USTA tennis for over 12 years. Since graduating, Emma has spearheaded Social Media Strategy and execution for a startup non-for-profit called Project Healthy Minds. Emma was also a member of the Biden Corps team, a branch of Joe Biden HQ Team. Before joining the Walcap team, Emma was an intern at IBM Marketing, specifically within the Watson Data & AI team. In her free time, Emma is an avid ice hockey fan (Go Pens) and enjoys old school photography.

City, Walnut Capital Team to Advance Affordable Housing, Workforce Development in Larimer

City, Walnut Capital Team to Advance Affordable Housing, Workforce Development in Larimer

A partnership with Shadyside developer Walnut Capital will direct more than $2 million in funding to Larimer for affordable housing and workforce development... Read more

Turning Your Apartment into a DIY Yoga Studio

Turning Your Apartment into a DIY Yoga Studio

How to Turn Your Apartment into a DIY Yoga Studio Read more

5 Ideas for the Ultimate Date Night from Your Apartment

5 Ideas for the Ultimate Date Night from Your Apartment

When you're stuck at home for months on end, it can seem nearly impossible to come up with creative ways to make life feel exciting. With the Pandemic keeping us in isolation inside our homes, most days feel the same. Today feels like yesterday, and tomorrow will most likely feel much like today... Read more

Pittsburgh Moving Companies: Finding the Right Fit

Pittsburgh Moving Companies: Finding the Right Fit

The time is here! You are finally planning your move from one space to another. The entire process of moving is complicated and difficult to plan. For your convenience, we have dissected the top three moving companies in Pittsburgh to help you decide which company is best for you and your needs. Read more

Must-Have Kitchen Essentials for Every Apartment

Must-Have Kitchen Essentials for Every Apartment

Moving into your apartment can be super exciting, but it also can be easy to get overwhelmed when deciding what to purchase for your new space. If you're a first-time apartment renter, you might feel conflicted about which kitchen staples are actually necessary to own. It can be tough to forecast... Read more

Bakery Square Seeks Artists for Project in Larimer

Bakery Square Seeks Artists for Project in Larimer

Walnut Capital is seeking an artist or a team of creative people to make a temporary artwork to animate the front of a newly expanded building at its Bakery Square development. Read more

How to Enjoy Living Alone During a Pandemic

How to Enjoy Living Alone During a Pandemic

While limiting social interactions can be very difficult for some, there are lots of ways for you to make the most of this alone time. Here are some quick tips on how to stay sane while living alone Read more

Walnut Capital Breaks Ground on Innovation Research Tower in Oakland

Walnut Capital Breaks Ground on Innovation Research Tower in Oakland

Shadyside developer, Walnut Capital, is preparing to complete its new, state-of-the-art, multi-purpose high-rise building, called the Innovation Research Tower in 2022. This space is in the heart of the Pittsburgh Innovation District, making its location ideal for... Read more

Philips Puts Oakland Office up for Sublease in Advance of Bakery Square Move

Philips Puts Oakland Office up for Sublease in Advance of Bakery Square Move

The company indicates Schenley Place office was always expected to be temporary as Philips works to establish an eventual plan to move its regional headquarters to a new building nearing completion along Penn Avenue at Bakery Square 2.0. Read more

ON THIS DAY: January 10, 2004, Bake-Line Group Bankruptcy Closes East Liberty Bakery

ON THIS DAY: January 10, 2004, Bake-Line Group Bankruptcy Closes East Liberty Bakery

On This Day: Bakery Square History Read more

Five Sponsors Support Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books

Five Sponsors Support Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books

The first Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books is still in the planning stages but has attracted five sponsors, a key step toward the organizers' goal of keeping the event free. Read more

Pittsburgh Flies Into the Future

Pittsburgh Flies Into the Future

Without a doubt, Pittsburgh can absolutely be the place for all things technology, robotics and artificial intelligence. - Dick Zhang, founder of Identified Technologies Read more

2020 Best of Apartment Living Awards

2020 Best of Apartment Living Awards

Awards won: Leasing, Marketing & Website Engagement Excellence - Bakery Living Platinum, Maintenance Excellence - Bakery Living Silver, and Community Overall Excellence - Bakery Living Silver Read more

Renovations to Former PAA Building Continue Amid Pandemic

Renovations to Former PAA Building Continue Amid Pandemic

After closing in April 2017, the Pittsburgh Athletic Association building, now owned by Walnut Capital, is planned to reopen for occupancy in Spring 2021. Read more

Tako Restaurant Coming to Bakery Square in Pittsburgh's East End

Tako Restaurant Coming to Bakery Square in Pittsburgh's East End

Taco lovers can soon get their fix at a new East End location in Bakery Square Read more

PAA's Owner and Architect are Polishing and Restoring the Jewel of Oakland

PAA's Owner and Architect are Polishing and Restoring the Jewel of Oakland

Inside the Pittsburgh Athletic Association, Mister Rogers swam laps to stay fit. From the water, he could see its elegant terracotta balcony, its double barrel-vaulted ceiling and the Guastavino arches that supported it... Read more

No Chair Needed: City Board Backs End to Off-Street Parking Requirement

No Chair Needed: City Board Backs End to Off-Street Parking Requirement

The Pittsburgh Planning Commission has endorsed a measure that would end the off-street parking requirement for new townhouses and row houses, a move designed to curb the proliferation of attached garages and driveways that some view as neighborhood killers... Read more

Smallman Galley Shipping Out to Bakery Square

Smallman Galley Shipping Out to Bakery Square

The commercial "refresh" at Bakery Square is to become the new location of a food hall by Galley Group, which will move into the new buildout next winter. Read more

WATCH: Hundreds Gather for Protest, Sit-In In Pittsburgh's Bakery Square

WATCH: Hundreds Gather for Protest, Sit-In In Pittsburgh's Bakery Square

Hundreds of people gathered for a protest and sit-in in Pittsburgh's Bakery Square on Saturday afternoon. A moment of silence was held for nearly nine minutes during the sit-in. The protest is one of several happening in the Pittsburgh area on Saturday in response to the death of George Floyd. Read more

Growth Spurt: Walnut Capital Acquires Shopping Center Next to Bakery Square

Growth Spurt: Walnut Capital Acquires Shopping Center Next to Bakery Square

Walnut Capital has made another big acquisition on Penn Avenue in the East End, adding to its collection of holdings near its cutting-edge Bakery Square development... Read more